It's BOUGHT not BROUGHT

[emma1103]

Am I being unreasonable to expect people to know the difference?

So often I'm reading about how people brought this bargain, etc. It just really winds me up for some reason.

Or even worse, "I'm sat..."

Grammar. The difference between knowing your shit, and knowing you're shit 🤣

I heard someone on the BBC use adverse instead of averse the other day. It’s work emails that get me, not social media posting. So many people effected by things, talking about mute points and thinking it would be worthwhile getting together with yourself to discuss xyz. I’ve noticed could of creeping in as well.

The sound is quite similar, yes. Could've sounds more like 'could of' than 'could have'.

Flaunting and flouting. And people taking Umbridge.

It's so sneery and you can tell some people think it makes them better just because they can spell.

Are you always so uptight?

I don't feel I'm superior to others, but I do think some people are quite lazy/ignorant. If I noticed a lot of people were spelling words differently to me, I'd realise I was spelling them wrong, just the same as if I write something and I'm not 100% of the spelling I'll check first.

Sorry my uptight comment was meant for the above.

there's a thread today where the OPs DS has brought a flat....to where I do not know

A lot of people bring property on here. Must be nice to not have to redecorate a new place to your taste.

I give you
'I should have rang her' aaargh worse than a bit of foil under an amalgam filling.

Nah. I'm just an English teacher who despises people taking the piss out of people whose use of SpaG is perceived to be inferior.

Funny though how you're happy to point out other people's mistakes, yet if your own are pointed out it's because I'm uptight.

Shouldn't you be thanking me, so your own rather less than impressive English improves?

*anyone.
You're welcome!

But my post was not pointing out anyone's mistakes. I was just saying how I remember things and what I get confused with. So get off you high horse.

Bare/bear also grinds. Also generally/genuinely.

Funnily enough I've just posted and for first time ever I've thought either would do. It was a post about tea kitty etiquette. I suggested 'cereal eater' bought her own milk...but she would need to buy and bring it in so brought would do too.

Nobody makes mistakes on purpose. As is the nature of language, we learn what we hear, so what is the point batching about mistakes???

A lot of people don't learn though and it's rude to correct them, so apparently they never will 🤷

Ha ha; I didn’t notice that. Thanks!

Oh my goodness - you've found a cure for dyslexia!!! People with dyslexia just need to notice others are spelling words differently.... who would have thought it was so simple?!!

And don't say you're not talking about people with dyslexia - just lazy ignorant people. You have no way of actually knowing why someone has poor spelling.

Why should they learn though @CellophaneFlower
It's so rare that I cannot understand what somebody is saying. I had the privilege of parents who speak well and as language works, I learnt what I heard. People don't tend to re-learn their own language. They can, but it's a conscious effort which might feel inauthentic.

It's why I said "some". Not everyone who can't spell is dyslexic and those are the people I'm referring to. I don't know which ones they are, but obviously they exist.

You don't know they are lazy or ignorant maybe they genuinely think how they are spelling it is ok. And so what if they are lazy or don't care. They aren't lesser than anyone else.

So everyone who can't spell and isn't dyslexic is lazy?! Why is dyslexia the only excuse you're allowing.